I'm confused how the xp boost over in Korea is giving anyone an advantage. All it does is let people level more quickly, which according to the OP shouldn't take those other players very long. Most people who are serious about leveling an alt can get them 1-90 in a week with all the decreased requirements. If they're really serious it's a weekend. I'm not required to pay the extra money to compete in ANYTHING endgame so I don't really see it as gouging. If anything it's giving many players something they've been asking for a long time, a real money way to expedite the leveling experience. For many leveling is currently the least interesting aspect of the game so they're responding.

That being said, GC is still a massive troll who doesn't give 2 shits about 90% of his customers.

It's unfortunate that most people have forgotten what trolling really is. Here's a hint: joke thread made for laughs =/= troll thread.

It isn't the OP's fault that people with no sense of humor visit this thread.

The OP is a fucking idiot that is all he is. What is worse is that the mods continual permissiveness of threads like this promotes ignorance and flaming and trolling and has resulted in only making this site a snake pit. As I have said before players here need to start complaining to Blizzard and get this site's fan site status revoked. No fan of any Blizzard product should be expected to put up with this endless bullshit especially when it is moderator approved bullshit.

I like how I'm being told that if i don't like these forums I can leave yet if that is said about Wow people are accused of fanboyism and worse. Mind boggling. Truly mind boggling.

This thread RIGHT HERE and RIGHT NOW shows EXACTLY what is wrong with this forum community.

In that case report the thread, press back and move on with your life. Instead you decide to spend your time swearing at and insulting people whilst at the same time keeping the thread that you dislike so much on the front page.

Hence why it should have been locked on the first moderator pass. Two moderators have posted here and they aren't exactly new and they aren't exactly stupid. Again this is why I have a really hard time understanding their rules when they don't enforce them and what is funny is one of the mods in question is constantly bitching about Blizzard not enforcing their rules (despite this site's very own blue tracker showing Blizzard moderator responces to players constantly whining about being punished "unfairly"). Really the hypocrisy is absolutely astounding

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Originally Posted by Pann

You honestly need to clam down.

No thanks I'm good. I think my reaction to this thread is entirely appropriate and fair given the language used by the very mods who posted in this thread in other threads. They are hypocrites much like you are. This site went off the rails a long time ago and if the mods aren't going to keep it in check then Blizzard just needs to cut them off.

Oh and before someone tries to make an issue, I fully understand Blizzard has nothing to do with the moderation of this site which should be fairly evident because I'm tearing into the mods of this site themselves. The point of these fan sites is to promote community and threads like this do the opposite. It is absolutely shameful and not even remotely the first time it has happened. I have lost count of threads like this where the OP gets off scot free and any mystified posters confused as to why it is open are the only ones who get an infraction. It is bullshit and it needs to stop.

I can only hope the new moderators who are applying now as we speak can balance this out somewhat because this site has definitely skewed towards the endlessly critical side no matter how stupid and invalid much like this "satirical" thread.

He does this all while unabashedly dismissing and neglecting the wants and needs of the casual players who often times find themselves out in the cold despite the fact they pay the same subscription fee as those to whom are consistently and systematically catered.

This is ludicrous. WoW is more casual than ever, the entire expansion is the most casual yet. What exactly do casuals want? You have 2 - borderline 3 - raid modes designed SOLELY for you, all the nice easy daily quests, simplification of talents and pretty much everything else in the game. Everything is accessible except 1 mode of raid content...what more do you want?

I like how I'm being told that if i don't like these forums I can leave yet if that is said about Wow people are accused of fanboyism and worse. Mind boggling. Truly mind boggling.

This thread RIGHT HERE and RIGHT NOW shows EXACTLY what is wrong with this forum community.

Oh go fuck yourself. Enough is enough already. You are unhappy with the posts on this website. Stop reading, stop visiting. and stop posting on Wow forums (and don't bother claiming this site is about other mmos too, you posted in a wow sub forum) and move the fuck on with your life.

Hence why it should have been locked on the first moderator pass. Two moderators have posted here and they aren't exactly new and they aren't exactly stupid. Again this is why I have a really hard time understanding their rules when they don't enforce them and what is funny is one of the mods in question is constantly bitching about Blizzard not enforcing their rules (despite this site's very own blue tracker showing Blizzard moderator responces to players constantly whining about being punished "unfairly"). Really the hypocrisy is absolutely astounding

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No thanks I'm good. I think my reaction to this thread is entirely appropriate and fair given the language used by the very mods who posted in this thread in other threads. They are hypocrites much like you are. This site went off the rails a long time ago and if the mods aren't going to keep it in check then Blizzard just needs to cut them off.

Instead of needing the mods to act as would be parents and shield you from things you do not like, why not act like an adult, report it and then ignore it?

Your reaction is not appropriate there is absolutely no need to start swearing at and insulting people that disagree with you. As you seem to have such a large problem with this site why not find one that can better suit your needs instead of spending your time insulting people here? I dare say you would be happier and this site would be better off without such over the top reactions.

I wanted to take a moment to apologize to those whom I've upset, whether they understood the intention of the post or not.

This was never meant to be a troll post, as I thought I had created an "over the top enough" premise for people to get it, but rather it was designed to bring a little humor and levity to the forums.

However, I see that not only did I spectacularly fail at my objective, but I managed to generate a tremendous amount of animosity, anger and hatred.

Again, my sincerest apologies to the MMO-Champion posters and mods.

Quite frankly, you would have generated a tremendous amount of animosity, anger and hatred if you had posted that you like ice cream but not cake. :P

Although the post could have done with a little disclaimer at the end. Read as a satire (or having read your blog, which I've enjoyed tremendously), it's quite fun. But as it is, it skirts uncomfortably close to Poe's law.

See that green flowery circle over there? Stand on it. No, don't run away from it! C'mon!

Find it a little missing on the reality of the post. But of course, we all have freedom to speak out. And that is also why there's no laws of giggling about these kind of posts. Though, it seems a bit like fishing for reactions. Be it humor, parody or truth.

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Originally Posted by Killadrix

Good morning, everyone.

I wanted to take a moment to apologize to those whom I've upset, whether they understood the intention of the post or not.

This was never meant to be a troll post, as I thought I had created an "over the top enough" premise for people to get it, but rather it was designed to bring a little humor and levity to the forums.

However, I see that not only did I spectacularly fail at my objective, but I managed to generate a tremendous amount of animosity, anger and hatred.

Again, my sincerest apologies to the MMO-Champion posters and mods.

Human errors are part of the world. Now, I would say, to make up for it all - go make 200 pies and 200 cakes, just to be sure people get what they like.